A man convicted of beating a toddler to death has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

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Family members of that toddler have been waiting a long time to hear Larry Webster's fate, but said the 20-year sentence isn't enough.

"There's a hole in our family that will never be filled," said the victim's grandmother, Tracy Norris.

A year-and-a-half later, the family still struggles with the death of 3-year-old Ah'haod Crawford, knowing he was brutally beaten to death at such a young age, but now, their closure begins, as the man convicted of killing that child learned his sentence.

"He deserves to never be out again to be around children again, in my opinion," said Norris.

In October 2011, Crawford was rushed to the hospital, not breathing and covered in bruises.

Authorities later determined he died from blunt force trauma, and Webster was arrested because he was the one babysitting the child, who was his girlfriend's son.

On Monday, his attorney made a final plea, basically stating that the court overlooked crucial evidence that could have proved his client innocent.

"It's very strange that he can sit there so calmly as if this just doesn't seem to mean anything. There's no emotion. I just find it very odd and unsettling," said Norris.

But the judge said there was more than enough evidence to sentence Webster to two decades in jail.

"It wasn't enough but we were grateful for that because it could have been even less," said Norris.

In fact, even if he spent the rest of his life behind bars, family members said it wouldn't be enough, knowing that the child was robbed of a life.

"Just miss seeing him grow up, and just the promise that his life held. and you know, it will never come to fruition," said Norris.

Webster initially faced a murder charge, but it was amended down to manslaughter on account of the fact that the jury did not determine a motive.